Aerosol influence on snowpack and local hydrologic processes during SAIL
- Science question(s):
- Where do peak dust and black carbon (BC) events occur?
- How do these peaks correlate with changes surface albedo/surface sw radiation?
- Observe changes in snowpack surrounding these events
- Project Scope (what does success look like)?
- Observe BC spikes in data - SP2 (measurement)
- Corresponding change in surface albedo/surface sw radiation (wrf simulation)
- Snowpack depth/snow water equivalent data (measurement)
- WRF simulations of high dust/BC events to observe if changes in snowpack are captured
- Datasets: Aerosol concentration, albedo/sw radiation measure, snowpack depth, HYSPLIT model
- Team Members: Jim Smith, Vero Perraud, Lisa Wingen, Ryan Reynolds